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"Duo, you are missing again!," said an exasperated voice.
"Oh, like your aim is so perfect Wu-man!," Duo responded. He quit the practice and leaned against the door. "Meanwhile, I'm bored, can we get something to eat?"
Trowa looked away from his screen and said, "you ate two hours ago."
"But I'm bored," protested Duo.
Wufei dropped his gun and moved to a couch. "You are weak Maxwell!"
Heero, who had not even bothered to pick up a gun, had been lying on the floor since they'd entered the room. He rolled his eyes at Wufei's comment and turned to Duo. "How exactly is eating going to entertain you?"
"Well at least I'll be taking a break!," Duo waved his hand impatiently.
"That reminds me," interjected Trowa, "vacation is coming soon, we will finally get some time off"
Heero without moving from the floor proceeded to question Trowa. "So, what are we going to do with" he motioned his hands up for air quotes "this time off?"
Trowa, who had now started another attack simulation, fell silent for a moment.
Wufei who was intently looking at Heero interrupted, "is staring at the ceiling a big thing with you Heero?"
"For him is like bird watching," chuckled Duo.
Trowa finally spoke. "What do you mean 'this time off,' is it a new concept for you?" Now turning his full attention to the conversation.
"Well it is since we've been under Sally's command" reasoned Heero.
A bright light shone about Wufei, and birds twittered. He sat up proudly and said almost in a sigh "I think she is a great commander."
"Sure you do," responded Duo with a twitching eyebrow. He tried to change the subject before Wufei started lecturing them on Sally's great sense of justice! "Hey Trowa, where's the missus?"
Suddenly, as if in answer, BAM! The door flew open. A muffled "ouch!" was heard behind the door. Before going in any further, a certain blondie tried to search for the source of the sound, but did not find it. He shrugged and turned to the three baffled Gundam Pilots. Quatre shared a big wide smile with them and ran to hug Trowa while Wufei looked disgusted. Finally, he allowed the gasping Trowa to breathe and with an excited squeal announced, "I just got off the phone with my sister Sarah!"
Heero who was now sitting up reacted with a monotonous, "we are happy for you," while trying to protect his ears from the squeals.
"Now calm down, dogs can hear you," said Trowa while trying to squirm out of the hold of a now indignified Quatre.
With an insulted squeak, he continued the story. "So I was talking to my sister Sarah..."
"Yeah, we know that!" exclaimed Wufei impatiently.
"Do you want to hear me finish?!" retorted Quatre.
"If you will go on!" barked Wufei.
Wufei and Quatre glared daggers at each other. Trying to save everyone from the upcoming disaster, Trowa interrupted, almost in a whisper, with a nervous question, "ahem...so Quatre! What did Sarah say?"
Quatre turned his gaze and ignored Wufei completely. He smiled angelically at Trowa. "Well, she said that daddy and all of my sisters were going to be at home-on-earth and she invited me over to have the whole Winner clan together!" All in one breath.
"Well at least one of us knows what he is going to do during vacation," came a voice from the floor.
Quatre hopped off the sofa. "Oh, but you don't understand. I want you all to come with me! I mean, with Sally coming and all, I wanted you to come too," he stopped hopping and stared at them with glassy eyes. "That is, if it is not an inconvenience."
Trowa stood up and held Quatre's hands, his eyes shining and said, "of course we can come!"
Wufei, who was too busy debating whether to accept the invitation to act repelled by such display of emotion, started, "I don't see why not..." When Heero cut in, "I was actually planning on staring at the ceiling all vacation," noticing the disbelieving glares being aimed at him, quickly added "I was joking!"
A muffled "I wouldn't put it past him," called their attention towards the other side of the room. The door now stood wide open against the wall.
A puzzled Trowa said, "that braid is talking to us."
Quatre with an expression of dawning understanding called out "Duo!! I was wondering where you were!" He walked over, pulled a disgruntled looking Duo from behind the door and asked, "so what do you think of our plan?"
"Nice greeting, after my near death experience with an overeager door!" Admonished Duo.
Quatre pouted trying to induce guilt into Duo, but in failure to do so sighed, "sheesh sorry Duo, but who stands behind a door?"
"Don't rub it in man," Duo suddenly feeling a lot better.
Heero still on the floor looked up at Duo. "So your nose wasn't squished flat."
Wufei, to everyone's dismay, cracked up!!! "Flat!" gasp "Nose! HAHAHAHA!!!"
"Shut up Wu-man, it's not even funny!" yelled Duo.
Quatre, who had started to giggle, left the room practically skipping for joy, and left the rest of the guys to deal with the madness of Wufei. He popped his head back into the room and said, "you guys better get busy, because we are leaving at 0700 tomorrow," with one last smile he disappeared.
The effect this sentence had over the remaining guys in the room was amazing. Wufei stopped laughing abruptly. Heero sat up again. Trowa and Duo just stared at the empty space where Quatre had been standing a second ago. After a moment's silence Duo suddenly jumped off the chair and yelled "We're finally on vacation, yeah!" and exited the room with a patented Duo Maxwell Dance of Joy. Trowa, Heero and Wufei were perplexed over the events of this short conversation and yes, also over the Duo dance. They were still wondering how they'd gotten into this mess. Did they really mean to say 'yes' to Quatre? Surrendering into the impending doom that lay before them, they shrugged and walked out of the room. They had better get packing!
A/N: Girl Salazar: PLEASE TELL WHAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS PIECE OF INSANITY!!! If you do not, I shall be forced to curse you!!!
Cool Dog: Ahem...thank you for the comforting words Girl Salazar. (How did I end up working with this maniac?!). This is just the first chapter, but do tell us what you thought about it. Flames will be laughed at. Constructive criticism will be very welcomed. Now pweese review.
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Cool Dog: *Now free from the spell* How nice it is to have such soothing words after reading a fic.
Girl Salazar: Stop your comments!! *composes herself* In our next chapter, there will be a mysterious suitcase and disappearing people.
Cool Dog: Enough about the future, we don't want to give away our next chapter! But...I wonder where they went?
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